Ironing-machine.



PATENTED NOV. 21, 1905.

R. G. HOLLIS. IRONING MACHINE APPLICATION FILED MAY 2a, 1903.

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No. 804,949. PATBNTED NOV. 21, 1905. R. G. HOLLIS.

IRONING MACHINE.

APPLIOAI'ION FILED MAY 26; ma.

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UNITED STATES PATENT orrron.

ROBERT CLARENCE HOLLIS OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, ASSIGNOR TO MANHATTAN LAUNDRY COMPANY, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, A

CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

IRONlNG-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1905.

Application filed May 26, 1903- Serial No. 158,782-

T0 on whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT CLARENCE HOLLIS, a citizen of the United States, residing in Wilmington, in the county of Newcastle and State of Delaware, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Machines, of which the following is a true and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof.

My invention relates to ironing-machines, and is especially adapted and intended for use in finishing the bent edge of turned-over collars, although it is adapted for use with any article which requires an edge to be nicely ironed and finished and has been successfully applied. to finishing the edge of stand-up collars.

The object of my invention is to provide an ironing-machine especially well adapted to finish the edge of collars or other articles and also to provide convenient and effective improvements for iving the proper curvature to a collar or ii e article.

The nature of my improvements will be best understood as described in connection with the drawings, in which they-are illustrated, and in which Figure 1 is an end elevation of the machine in what I believe to be its best form; Fig. 2, a side elevation thereof; Fig. 3, a cross-sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, showing the plies of a turned-over collar in position on the machine. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a portion of a turned-down collar in the condition in which it is prepared for ironing on my machine. Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the collar folded over and ready for insertion. in plan view. Fig. 6 is an end elevation of a machine embodying my invention in modified form; Fig. 7, a side elevation of said machine, and Fig. 8 a perspective View of the iron and guide-plate of said modified machine.

Referring first to the machine of Figs. 1 to 5, A and A indicate the framings which support the mechanism. Each of these frame portions is provided with slotted guideways, (indicated at A and A the guideways extending through the frame at the top and being closed by cap-pieces, (indicated at A Fig. 5 is a detail of the guide-plate and A The framing A is provided with a bracket A, extending out from it, as shown, and the framing A has an inwardly-extending portion A which supports p1v ot lugs, (indicated at A B, B, and B indicate shaft-bearings movable vertically n the guideways A and A these bearings like the guideways A and A being duplicated in each frame portion A and A. The bear ngs B are adjustably supported on ad ustingscrews, (indicated at C,) and the bearings B are supported through springs, such as are indicated at C, on the bearings B, ad ustingscrews C serving to determine the position of the upper bearings. The bearings B are supported on springs, such as are indicated at C and are adjusted to position by means of set-screws, such as are indicated at C. D

is a shaft supported by the bearings B and having at one end the fast and loose pulleys, (indicated at E and E.) D is a shaft supported by the bearings B and driven at the same speed. and in opposite direction to the shaft D through the gear-wheels, (indicated at F and. F.) D is a shaft supported by the bearings B and preferably driven from the shaft D, as shown by the gear-wheels K and K or in any convenient manner. (I and d are feed-rolls secured on the shafts D and D, and d is a bending-roll secured on the shaft D G is a guide-plate supported on the bracket A and having an edge G directed toward the bite of the rolls of and d, the inner portlon of the guide-plate (indicated at G preferably extending, as shown in Fig. 3, between the feed-rolls H is an iron, preferably having a concave operative surface, as ind cated at H, so placed as to operate in connection with the edge G of the guideplate. The iron 18, as shown, hollowed out at H and supported on an arm H pivoted to the lugs A at TI and having, preferably, a stop-lug H, which by abutting against a portion of the frame A will prevent the iron from movlng too far 111- Ward. The arm H is shown as provlded with an outwardly-extending arm H acted on by a spring I, which tends to keep the front pressed toward the edge G of the guideplate. J is a gas-pipe having a cock J and connecting to a Bunsen burner, (indicated at P) the burner being supported, preferably, on the arm H and directed into the hollow portion H of the iron. At L, I have indicated the collar, the inner fold being indicated at Z, the outer fold or face of the collar at l, and the top or bent portion at P. In practice the rolls are in operation, as shown by the arrows in Fig. 3, and where a turneddown collar is to be finished the collar having been first ironed in the flat, the portion to be bent-to wit, Z Fig. 4-is dampened and the collar then folded over, as indicated in Fig. 5. The folded collar is then passed over the plate G, with the inside of its folded-over edge against the edge G, and as the collar is fed forward by the feed-rolls d and cl its foldedover edge is ironed by the concave portion II of the iron, and as the collar issues from between the feed-rolls it is deflected upward by the guide-roll (P, which can be adjusted so as to give any desired curvature to the finished collar. It will be understood that the guideplate G shall be smoothly finished on top and bottom, so as to offer as little frictional resistance to the passage of the collar over it as possible, and it is highly advantageous that this guide-plate should extend between the feed-rolls, as in this way the too sharp bending of the collar at the crease is avoided. By the expressions means for feeding and feed mechanism as employed in the claims I intend to be understood as including the feed-rolls d d or any other equivalent feedmechanism. In this construction illustrated, where the plate G extends practically In the machine of Figs. 6 to 8 (It indicates the framing, in bearings on which are supported the shafts D D, geared together by gears f f" and supporting feed-rolls d d. g is the guideplate, which in this case is placed on the delivery side of the feed-rolls and supported on an arm m, which is in turn supported on the cylindrical rod a and secured thereto by a set-screw n. The iron 7b is supported in a guideway on an arm h supported by rod (1 and shaft D, and is pressed in toward the edge g of plate 9 by a spring '8, supported 011 an arm h, which extends from a rod if, as shown. An adjustable arm m, secured on rod a by set-screw n, supports the bending-guide 0, which in this case lies in front of the feed-rolls. In operating this modified machine the collar or other article is fed to the feed-rolls d (1 over the bending plate or guide 0 and in such manner that, if a standing collar, it will pass over or, if a folded collar, both over and under the guide-plate g, the edge to be ironed resting against the iron 72, along its concave face h, and it will be seen that the article will in this machine as in the other have the edge Z ironed and also receive a curvature, such as is desired in collars and cuffs.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An ironing-machine having in combination meansfor feeding the article to be ironed, a guide-plate having an edge extending parallel to the line of feed, and an iron arranged to coact with the edge of the guide-plate.

2. An ironing-machine having in combination means for feeding the article to be ironed, a guide-plate having an edge extending parallel to the line of feed, and an iron having a concave face arranged to coact with the edge of the guide-plate.

3. An ironing-machine having in combination means for feeding the article to be ironed, a guide-plate having an edge extending parallel to the line of feed, an iron arranged to coact with the edge of the guideplate, and a bending-guide arranged in such relation to the feed mechanism and the iron and guideplate as to cause the articles being ironed to move through a curved path.

4. An ironing-machine having in combination means for feeding the article to be ironed,

a guide-plate having an edge extending parallel to the line of feed, an iron arranged to coact with the edge of the guideplate, and an adjustable bending-guide arranged in such relation to the feed mechanism and the iron and guide-plate as to cause the articles being ironed to move through a curved path.

5. An ironing-machine having in combination feed mechanism, a guide-plate having an edge extending in front of the feed mechanism so as to receive the article to be ironed in advance of its engagement with the feed,

and an iron also situated in advance of the ing an edge G, extending in front of the feed mechanism so as to receive the article to be ironed in advance of its engagement with the feed, an iron also situated in advance of the feed and coacting with the edge G, and a bending-guide situated on the rear of the feed mechanism.

7. An ironing-machine having in combination feed mechanism, a guide-plate G, having an edge G, extending in front of the feed mechanism so as to receive the article to be ironed in advance of its engagement with the feed, an iron also situated in advance of the feed and coacting with the edge G, and a bending guide-roll situated at the rear of the feed mechanism.

8. An ironing-machine having in combination feed mechanism, a guide-plate G, having an edge G, extending in front of the feed mechanism so as to receive the article to be ironed in advance of its engagement with the feed, an iron also situated in advance of the feed and coacting with the edge G, and a bending guide-roll positively actuated, situated on the rear of the feed mechanism.

9. An ironing-machine having in combina tion feed-rolls a guide-plate having an edge extending at right angles with the line of bite ofthe feed-rolls, and an iron arranged to coact with the edge of the guide-plate.

10. An ironing-machine having in combination feed-rolls, a guidelate having an edge extending at right ang es with the line of bite of the feed-rolls and an iron havin a concave face arranged to coact with the e ge of the guide-plate.

11. An ironing-machine having in combination feed-rolls, a guidelate having an edge extending at right ang es to the line ofbite of the feed-rolls, an iron arranged tocoact with the edge of the guide-plate, and a bending-guide arranged in such relation to the feed-rolls and the iron and guide-plate as to cause the articles being ironed to move through a curved path.

12. An ironing-machine having in combination feed-rolls, a guide-plate having an edge extending at right angles to the line of bite of the feedrolls, an iron arranged to coact with the edge of the guide-plate, and an adjustable bending-guide arranged in such relation to the feed-rolls and the iron and guideplate as to cause the articles being ironed to move through a curved path.

13. An ironing-machine having in combination feed-rolls d, d, a guide-plate G, having an edge -G, extending in line with the bite of the feed-rolls and substantially perpendicular thereto, and an iron arranged in front of the feed-rolls and coactingwith the edge G, of the plate G.

14. An ironing-machine having in combination feed-rolls d, d, a guide-plate G, having an edge G, extending in line with the bite of the feed-rolls and substantially perpendicular thereto, and an iron arranged in front of the feedrolls and having a concave face H, coacting with the edge G, of plate G.

15. An ironing-machine having in combination'feed-rolls d, d, a guide-plate G, extending in front of and between the feedrolls, said plate having an edge G, extending in line with the bite of the feed-rolls and substantially perpendicular thereto, and an iron arranged in front of the feed-rolls and coacting with the edge G, of plate G.

16. An ironing-machine having in combination feed-rolls d, d, a guide-plate G, having an edge G, extending in line with the bite of the feed-rolls and substantially perpendicular thereto, an iron arranged in front of the feed-rolls and coacting with the edge G, of plate G, and a bending-guide lying in the rear of the feed-rolls.

17. An ironing-machine having in combination feed-rollsd, d, a guide-plate G, having an edge G, extending in line with the bite of the feed-rolls and substantially perpendicular thereto, an iron arranged in front of the feed-rolls and coacting with the edge G, of plate G, and a bending guide-roll lying in the rear of the feed-rolls.

1.8. An ironing-machine having in combithrough a groove of said shoe.

20. An ironing device, com rising a fixed collar-support, an iron movable toward and from said support, means for forcing said iron toward the support to press the folded collar thereon, means for drawing the collar through the ironing device, and means for heating the iron.

21. An ironing device, comprising a thin fixed collarsupport,an iron having an arched passage-way that engages the collar-support saddlewise, means for pressing the iron upon the collar yieldingly, means for heating said iron, and means for seizing and drawing the collar through the iron.

ROBERT CLARENCE HOLLIS.

Witnesses:

WM. H. ROBINSON, J. McCoMB PRIMRosE. 

